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Dear Edward (TV Series)

Dear Edward

2023

Jason Katims (Creator), David Boyd ...

Colin O'Brien, Connie Britton, Taylor Schilling, Amy Forsyth ...

6.0

TV Series. Drama TV Series (2023). 1 Season. 10 Episodes. Follows Edward, a 12-year-old boy who survives but lost his family in a devastating commercial plane crash, as he tries to make sense of life along with a group of others affected, and new friendships, romances and communities are formed.

Canceled after its first season.

	Media	Author	Review
		Taylor Gates Collider	"The actors do a fine job with what they have, but the plots end up never feeling as fleshed out as they could."
		Adam Lock Ready Steady Cut	"Masterfully manipulative and surprisingly emotive, this soppy drama series will not be for everyone, yet it includes superb performances from both Connie Britton and Taylor Schilling (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Manuel Betancourt AV Club	"Your enjoyment of Dear Edward will likely hinge on your ability to embrace its oft-treacly trappings and its humanist spirit, aspects that characterize its greatest strengths as well as its corniest missteps."
		Radhika Menon Paste Magazine	"A thoughtful look at the different ways that grief manifests and how community can be healing"
		Daniel D'Addario Variety	"This fairly undisciplined television show stretches Edward's story to its limit, but O'Brien renders well the character's humanity, his confusion, his guilt and desire for a moment's break from pain"
		Clint Worthington rogerebert.com	"Katims seems more content to engineer contrived soap-opera agonies than fully exploring what it means to lose everything and do your best to dust yourself off and keep going"
		Ben Travers IndieWire	"Connie Britton wows in 'Dear Edward', but Jason Katims' weepy series spreads itself thin"
		Keith Watson Metro	"['Dear Edward'] burns with spirit (...) Its uplifting take on the human spirit is hard to resist (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"It is not an example of a great artist wasting his talents, but maybe an example of a great artist not using all the colors on his easel"
		Matthew Gilbert Boston Globe	"I'm a fan of 'Dear Edward' (...) Unlike so many shows these days, it's willing to be 100 percent sincere"
		Ellen E. Jones The Guardian	"There are plenty of authentic emotional moments in Jason Katims’s drama about a bereavement support group. Until the dreadful, mewling music starts up (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Vicky Jessop London Evening Standard	"It's rather corny stuff, and all too often it lapses into clichéd character beats that lean rather too heavily on a swelling musical score to conjure any sense of emotion in the viewer (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Emma Fraser The Playlist	"A charming & cathartic cryfest that fills the hole left by ‘This Is Us’"
		Joel Keller Decider	"'Dear Edward' has some good performances, but a lot of poorly-sketched characters shuffling their way through an extraordinarily bleak drama"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"'Dear Edward' never backs away from the inherently gut-wrenching nature of this story (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Brian Lowry CNN	"It's possible to see 'Dear Edward' as being meticulously executed and occasionally quite affecting, and still come away feeling as if it's simply not worth the effort"

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